{"id":74909,"date":"2025-10-13T03:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74909\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:52:11","slug":"supercars-squabble-behind-betty-klimenkos-bizarre-bathurst-1000-peter-brock-trophy-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/74909\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars squabble behind Betty Klimenko\u2019s bizarre Bathurst 1000 Peter Brock Trophy stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Supercars
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBetty Klimenko cable-tied herself to the Peter Brock Trophy before the 2025 Bathurst 1000.<\/p>\n

The act was the culmination of more than a month\u2019s worth of discontent from Klimenko directed at Supercars in the build-up to this year\u2019s Great Race.<\/p>\n

Erebus won the 2024 Bathurst 1000 with Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood, who both moved across to Dick Johnson Racing in 2025.<\/p>\n

As last year\u2019s winners, Erebus were custodians of the Peter Brock Trophy between events, and it\u2019s understood Klimenko kept the trophy at her rural New South Wales property.<\/p>\n

She was asked by Supercars to bring the Peter Brock Trophy to a September media at Blues Point Reserve in Sydney, promoting the Great Race before it went on display at Sofitel Sydney as part of the Toyota GR Supra reveal and Bathurst 1000 launch event.<\/a><\/p>\n

Klimenko was visibly upset at the Blues Point media call after her driver Cooper Murray was left out of the mainstream network television interviews.<\/p>\n

Seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Craig Lowndes was interviewed as well as last year\u2019s winners Kostecki and Hazelwood.<\/p>\n

She expressed her disappointment to Supercars management onsite, and Murray was subsequently interviewed by Supercars for its channels.<\/p>\n

Amid all of that, Klimenko had made a request to Supercars that former Erebus drivers Kostecki and Hazelwood wear neutral apparel if they weren\u2019t in their race suits.<\/p>\n

\"DJR<\/p>\n

DJR drivers Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood with the Peter Brock Trophy in Sydney. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n

Taking to social media on Monday following the Great Race, Klimenko explained the tumultuous build-up from her point of view.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooper and myself were there and after the formal shots,, which I pushed to get Cooper in an Erebus suit in the middle, they did interviews,\u201d Klimenko wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey interviewed the boys, then Feeney, and I forgot who the other one was, but never mentioned the team, who had won, or interviewed on the [national channels] myself or Cooper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, just ask how the team is going and how is the lead up to Bathurst going. So of course I called them some names. It pissed me off.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than a month on, Klimenko\u2019s frustrations continued over a lack of Erebus-related promotion, referencing back to the team\u2019s 2024 win.<\/p>\n

Klimenko said an opportunity to take the Peter Brock Trophy with her on Sunday\u2019s drivers\u2019 parade was \u201clike a sorry\u201d from Supercars.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout half an hour before the drivers\u2019 parade, they told me at some point in the drivers\u2019 parade they would take the trophy and give it to \u2018another car\u2019,\u201d said Klimenko.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked, \u2018Does this other car have Brodie and Todd in it, and is it a Ford?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did not answer me, but said it would make good theatrics. I just looked at him and said \u2018You want theatrics, I will give you theatrics\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarched myself over to the tool chest and proceeded to cable tie myself to the trophy, they asked again, I laughed, and the rest is history! (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Toughen up princess\u2019: Erebus rookie\u2019s Bathurst reality check<\/a><\/p>\n

Klimenko said she wanted to \u201cclear a few things up\u201d after seeing what she said were inflammatory headlines, claiming a grudge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s news to me,\u201d she said of the so-called grudge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you win Bathurst, that trophy means so much and you look after it and treasure it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klimenko said she gave Kostecki a hug post-race and \u201call is good\u201d between them.<\/p>\n

She also took the opportunity to praise her drivers. The team\u2019s effort was led by Murray and co-driver Jobe Stewart, who came up short of victory after being spun by James Golding with six laps to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a bit shattering to be so close and watching a win slip away,\u201d said Klimenko.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut being motorsport, as they say, if you can\u2019t get over it in 15 min, you\u2019re in the wrong sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt did show the drivers that these things happen and they just have to deal with it, get up and get on with it. Gold Coast should be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betty Klimenko cable-tied herself to the Peter Brock Trophy before the 2025 Bathurst 1000. The act was the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[215,58653,111,139,69,1058,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-74909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bathurst-1000","9":"tag-betty-klimenko","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-slot1","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}